Alabama Woman Dies in Plane Crash with Pakistani Husband
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GADSDEN, Ala. -- An Alabama woman who died in the crash of a jetliner in Pakistan had found "the love of her life" in her Pakistani husband, who died with her, a friend said.
Rosie Murphy Jaco Ahmed of Gadsden had gone to Pakistan to make arrangements for her husband, Saleem Ahmed, to get a visa to join her in the United States. Both died in the crash Wednesday near Islamabad.
"They were like two souls totally linked together," Marjorie Shadd-Ismail of Ohio told The Gadsden Times. "This is such a terrible tragedy."
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Rosie Ahmed's goddaughter, Paulette Kirksey of Munford, Ala., said her godmother was a retired electrical engineer with Southern Bell who met her husband online and would have been married five years in September.
Shadd-Ismail said Rosie Ahmed had converted to Islam, the faith of Saleem Ahmed, and that they married in Pakistan.
"Their goal was to live their lives together," said Shadd-Ismail. "She wanted to be married to a man of great faith. It was very important to her to have that. She did not see color, creed or status. She loved people unconditionally."
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Friends said she had gone to Pakistan in May and was to return to Gadsden in August.